Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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